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Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 65 «How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [How other people remember: Día de los…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming an… An ethics judge asks: «Why might all these different customs share food?» What is the best-reasoned answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ethics judge, different customs, reasoned answer · **What happens:** ask, share, be, reason · **To what, where:** food · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 65 «How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An ethics judge asks: «Why might all these different customs share food?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t10:1 # text = An ethics judge asks: «Why might all these different customs share food?» 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ethics ethics NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 8 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 10 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 customs custom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a ethics judge | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **share** *in a quote* | might | all different customs | food | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What is the best-reasoned answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t10:2 # text = What is the best-reasoned answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 reasoned reason VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the reasoned answer | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **reason** | participle | | | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Because food is cheaper than flowers ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t10:o1:1 # text = Because food is cheaper than flowers 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | food | | | | | than flowers; cheap *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because funerals are really birthday parties ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t10:o2:1 # text = Because funerals are really birthday parties 1 Because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 2 case _ _ 2 funerals funeral NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | birthday parties | | | | because funerals | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Eating together comforts people and keeps them close in grief ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t10:o3:1 # text = Eating together comforts people and keeps them close in grief 1 Eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 together together ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 comforts comfort VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | gerund | | | | | | together *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **comfort** | present | Eating | people | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | | 3 | **keep** | present | Eating *not said here* | people | | | | close *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because the dead are hungry and must be fed by the family every single day ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t10:o4:1 # text = Because the dead are hungry and must be fed by the family every single day 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 14 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the dead | | | | day | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feed** | must · passive | the family | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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